Jay, Penelope Jane

Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Children play safely in the childminder's welcoming home. They show that they feel happy and secure in the company of the childminder and any assistants who she works with. The childminder's skilful support for babies' emerging speech and communication is a strength of her provision. She provides a spoken commentary during play and routines. For example, children playing with toy vegetables hear them described as 'the white carrot', 'the orange carrot' and 'the red carrot'. This helps children to learn that all of the vegetables are carrots and they begin to realise that the variable factor is the colour.

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The provision is good

Parents and carers and the childminder share information with each other effectively. They record daily events, such as sleep times, in a home/setting diary. This helps everyone to follow care routines in a way that promotes children's physical and emotional well-being. The childminder establishes consistent rules and boundaries. This helps children to feel content and to behave well. Babies who decide that the rusks that other children are eating look tastier than their own, are kindly supported not to take them. This helps children to learn, from a young age, to respect other people.

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need to do better?

n Following the last inspection the childminder revised and improved her approach to identifying and minimising hazards to children in her care. Daily checks help her to ensure that all household and garden tools are put out of reach of children. This helps her to promote children's safety and welfare when they attend her provision. n The childminder completes training that refreshes and updates her professional knowledge. However, there are occasions when the childminder does not apply what she learns to her self-evaluation and development planning effectively enough. This slows the pace of her improvement towards excellent practice. n The childminder understands how children learn. Babies try hard to lever up their feeder-cup spout, ready to take a drink. The childminder provides just enough help, then praises children when they succeed. This promotes children's small-muscle development and independence.

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need to do better?

n The experienced childminder works in partnership with parents to help new children to settle into her provision. Her calm approach promotes children's trust and confidence. Children see interesting things to discover and this encourages them to set off and explore. Children develop a healthy attachment to the childminder and this promotes their self-motivated enquiry. Children, therefore, develop a positive attitude to learning and make good progress. n The childminder promotes children's speech and language effectively. This includes her support for children who speak English as an additional language.

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need to do better?

23 April 2025 The childminder responds to babies' babble and celebrates their early attempts at saying words. Children learn that using their voice rewards them with the childminder's attention. This helps them to learn the skills of conversation from a very early age. n Children learn to take turns. This is demonstrated when babies initiate a back- and-forth exchange of a little wooden dinosaur with the childminder. The childminder repeats the words 'your turn' and 'my turn'. She says 'thank you' every time the toy is given back to her. This promotes children's positive behaviour and social skills. n The childminder encourages children's early literacy effectively. Children happily welcome invitations to be read to. They snuggle up to listen to the story and show obvious interest in the pictures. They seek out books independently and begin to vocalise their own stories as they turn the pages. This helps children to

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need to do better?

be ready to read when the time comes. n Children acquire habits that promote their good health. They learn that they must wear hats and have sun cream applied, when the weather is hot. The childminder gives close attention to the content of food that she prepares for children. This means that they eat safe, healthy meals in her provision. n The childminder trains any assistants to follow her safeguarding policy and procedures. She is alert to signs that children may be at risk of harm. The childminder knows the records that she must keep. This helps her to monitor children's welfare and to seek timely advice and support from the local safeguarding partnership.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n apply learning from training even more effectively, so that plans for continuous improvement are sharply focused and lead to excellent outcomes for children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2744049 Local authority Cheshire West and Chester Inspection number 10359334 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 5 Date of previous inspection 24 June 2024

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2024 and lives in Winsford. Her provision operates all year round, from 8am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder holds a qualification at level 3 and works with an assistant. She is eligible to provide funded early education.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder and the inspector held discussions about how the childminder plans and implements her curriculum. n The childminder and the inspector observed and evaluated children's learning. n The inspector observed interactions between the childminder, any assistants and the children. n The inspector read written feedback from parents and took account of their views. n Documents used in the childminder's setting were sampled and evaluated by the inspector.

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Inspection activities

23 April 2025 We carried out this inspection under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children's learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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Inspection activities

23 April 2025 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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